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| Credit: | by Fowx (Egbert G.) |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1864.05-06 |
| Negative Size: | 6.5 in. x 8.5 in. tetraplex |
| Locations & Lines: | Alexandria VA; Potomac River; Virginia |
| Structures & Establishments: | US Mail dock (Alexandria VA) |
| Transports: | side-wheeler State of Maine |
| Sources: | National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection |
National Archives says: “State of Maine” (transport).
The MOLLUS Collection says: Alexandria, Va.
Sign on wharf building reads: 5. U.S. Mail Dock.
One of 28 surviving Fowx negatives created using a rotating lens mount to shoot four consecutive exposures onto one plate. For our downloadable files of the four exposures we have aligned the images so that they can be viewed consecutively (a,b,c,d), creating a brief video clip.
